Computer Networks (Xarxes de Computadors), Degree in Computer Engineering
XC-GRAU Spring 2023 Semester.
Català

Assessments and Final Exam Dates

• First Assessment: 25/04/2023 10:30-12:00
• Final Exam: 20/06/2023 15:00-17:45

Professors

Professor	Language	Group	Office	Consultation hours
Llorenç Cerdà (coordinador) llorencac.upc.edu	English,Catalan	T20,L11,L23,32L,33L	C6-213	Agree with the teacher by email
Jordi Domingo jordidac.upc.edu	Catalan	T40	D6-209	Agree with the teacher by email
Leandro Navarro leandroac.upc.edu	English,Catalan	T50,L22,L52,L53	C6-206	Agree with the teacher by email
Jorge García jorgeac.upc.edu	Spanish	T10	C6-212	Agree with the teacher by email
Roger Baig Viñas roger.baigupc.edu	Catalan	T30		Agree with the teacher by email
Pau Ferrer Cid pau.ferrer.cidupc.edu	English, Catalan	21L,51L		Agree with the teacher by email
Marc Ruiz marc.ruiz-ramirezupc.edu	Catalan	12L	D6-211	Agree with the teacher by email
Felix Freitag felixac.upc.edu	Spanish	L42,L43,L31	C6-E206	Agree with the teacher by email
German Santos germanac.upc.edu	Catalan	L13,41L	C6-112	Agree with the teacher by email

Units

1. Introduction (included in the first asssessment, C1 and FE)
2. IP (included in the first asssessment, C1 and FE)
3. LANs (included in the FE)
4. TCP (included in the FE)
5. Applications (included in the FE)

Evaluation

Incentive to study.

• Deliver on time the tracking problems that will be proposed during the course.
• Have a grade NF greater to 5.

Laboratory sessions

Laboratory days

Important information about laboratory sessions

• The paper copy of the laboratory manual should be carried to all laboratory sessions. During the laboratory assessments you can have the paper copy of the laboratory manual. No other material is allowed, as mobile and labtops.
• It is mandatory attending the lab where you are enrolled.
• In order to change lab group it is required to find someone to swap. Use the forum "canvis de grup" from the racó for this. The interchange must be communicated to the coordinator.
• If by a justified cause you cannot attend your group for a particular session, you can go to any other group the day the same session is carried out, previously sending an email to the teacher of the group where you want to go.
• To make miniassessments in every session, it is required submitting a paper report at the beginning of the session, answering the questions of the previous report section that there are in the lab manual. Otherwise, the minicontrol can not be done, and the grade of it is 0.
• In the end of each session there will be a miniassessment of 15min about the lab realized during the same session.
• The miniassessments can only be done the same day the lab is done.

Documentation

1. Introduction
2. IP
3. LANs
4. TCP
5. Applications

Assessments and exams from previous courses: you have them in the Raco.

• Tutorial w3schools

Sockets

• Tutorial Sockets
  

Links:

• RFCs Repository
• w3schools
• w3c
• IETF
• Internet Society
• The IANA Functions
• The Internet Protocol Journal
• Ethernet
• Presentation "Xarxes mesh comunitàries i l'exemple de GuifiSants" given at FIB in 4/11/2015 (in Catalan).
• Delays in the Internet (Riot Games' case study) part-i , part-ii , part-iii .
• HTTPS Tutorial
• RIPE Training Courses

References

• Llorenç Cerdà Alabern. Xarxes de Computadors, Conceptes Bàsics (in Catalan). Ed. Virtuals UPC. Link to the book.
• J.F. Kurose and K.W. Ross. Computer Networking, a Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet. 2a edition. Ed. Addison-Wesley.
• Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie. Computer Networks, a Systems Approach. Ed. Morgan Kaufmann.
• William Stallings. Data and Computer Communications. Ed. Prentice-Hall.
• Fred Halsall. Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems. Ed. Addison-Wesley.
• Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Computer Networks. Ed. Prentice-Hall.
• Alberto León-García and Indra Widjaja. Communication Networks. Fundamental Concepts and key Architectures. Ed. Mc Graw Hill.

About TCP/IP

• Douglas Comer. Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol.1. Ed. Pearson.
• Richard Stevens. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols. Ed. Addison-Wesley.
• Slow Start and Congestion Avoidance (article de Van Jacobson)